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The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
Certain chemicals, after ingestion, can be converted by the body into cyanide. Most of these chemicals have been removed from the market, but some old nail polish remover, solvents, and plastics manufacturing solutions can contain these substances.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.